Saturday, February 17, 2018

Estes Park

View from Estes Park, CO:

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The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park was the inspiration for The Overlook, the hotel in Steven King's "The Shining".
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This car in the lobby of the hotel served as the prototype for Stanley, the founder of Radiator Springs in Pixar's "Cars".
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A typical sighting near the Estes Park city hall:
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Red-Naped Sapsucker

After 1,000 miles of driving, we've accumulated some front-end passengers.
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Science experiment. This bottle was emptied of water and filled full with air at 12,000 feet (at the top of the pass over the Rocky Mountains).
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This is what happened to it once we descended to our house, which was at 8,500 feet of elevation:
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By the time we got home (close to sea level), the difference in air pressure crumpled it completely.
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